Victory v. Victory

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THE CASE

SHRIVER, J.

Complainants below, James F. Victory, et als., five children of Mrs. Lillie M. Victory deceased, filed the original bill in the Chancery Court of Rutherford County against the defendant J. W. Victory, another son of decedent, and Wilkes Coffey, Jr., as her executor, seeking a declaration that a certificate of 1,000 shares of preferred stock in Tennessee Farmers Cooperative belonged to the estate of decedent and not to the defendant, J. W. Victory, individually.

Under the will of Mrs. Victory her property was divided equally among her children with the exception of a small…